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i photographer , work on road 2011 macbook pro 17, 3g owc 1tb ssd in optical bay lightroom catalogs , samsung 1tb 850 pro in hard drive bay 1 partition system , user directory. theres no doubt its useful life has been extended ssds, , need storage, no retina me anyway, mac pro, dont use often, eek life out of, too. have been buying upgrades; sonnet pro card, usb card, ssds. may missing trick or 2 when comes best setup, advice gratefully received.
predictably, work in lightroom , photoshop. lr catalogs , images on raid0 hard drives, system , home folder on sonnet pro.
osx10.9.5
2008 mac pro 3,1 2 x 2.8ghz quad core
2x4tb wd black in raid0
2x4tb wd red in raid0
card slot #1 (pcie 2.0 x16) nvidea geforce 8800gt
card slot #2 (pcie 2.0 x16) sonnet tempo ssd pro plus 2x 512gb samsung 840 pro in raid0, 100gb partition boot volume macintosh system , 923gb partition home directory; 950mb/s read.
card slot #3 (pcie 1.0 x4) inateck 4 ports pci-e usb 3.0 expansion card
card slot #4 (pcie 1.0 x4) cheap pcie sata iii , esata controller card, asm1061, connected esata hd dock (this card lets me hot swap drives in dock, whereas esata ports on sonnet pro dont). link speed 6 gigabit, negotiated speed 1.5 gigabit, due dock imagine; can 6 gigabit link on internal ssd, though in slot #1 , #2.
install 1x 128gb samsung 830 , 1x 120gb samsung 840 evo in raid0 in lower optical bay, connected 2 sata ports on motherboard, use scratch/cache disk ps , lr.
upgrade ram 12gb 32gb cheap ram ebay (fingers crossed).
im little unsure of how best set hard drive bays; id have around 6tb of storage lr catalogs, , rest can assigned safety backups , additional storage. not sure hds use, either; reds noticeably quieter, blacks measure 280mb/s read vs. 200mb/s reds.
should assign partition on sonnet pro lr catalog working on (with images on hard drives)? believe might speed things in lr, perhaps not its boot card (currently catalogs images on hard drives). or should working catalog go on scratch disks below optical bay?
, finally, might try little bootcamp , windows in future, if allowed modest gaming.
said, tips appreciated!
the ram best upgrade can do, far - given you've got ssd's going already. newer, faster gpu may solid improvement if apps use gpu accelerated. take @ evga gtx680 mac edition - monumental improvement aging 8800 you've got currently. there's radeon hd 7950 mac edition, lower price, , monumental upgrade current gpu, though not sure if 7950 mac edition compatible 2008 mp's.
other real thing upgrade cpus, don't know how cost, , if worth it.
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